Gates and Jobs Interview at the D5 Conference
June 28, 2008
On June 27th Bill Gates said good bye to his colleagues at Microsoft as he officially “retired”. He now plans to work full time with his foundation, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has gone on record as saying he plans to give virtually all his fortune away. Hummm…. Start and run a company that produces a good product at a fair price, make a fortune and then give it away to try and make the world a better place. Now that is capitalism at its best!
If you are involved in computers you know tie significance of this man. He, and a hand full of other “geeks”, started the development of the modern day computer systems just a little over 30 years ago. Bill Gates and his counterpart at Apple, Steve Jobs, were the early pioneers and still have a lot of input into future digital technologies.
On May 30, 2007 these two men were interviewed by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at the “All Things Digital Conference” also know as D5. I personally found it fascinating to listen to these two men talk about the future of the computer industry. I think it gives us an idea of what to expect in the way of upcoming digital systems. It is only logical that many of the technologies they talk about will make their way into the automotive industry.
For those true geeks (like me) I have a link below to the transcript of the Gates / Jobs Interview along with a highlights video. If you want to watch the entire interview, the seven links to them are posted at the bottom.
Steve ,Jobs and Bill Gates Session Transcript
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Prologue
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 1
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 2
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 3
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 4
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 5
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 6
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Part 7
Microsoft’s Windows Automotive
January 15, 2008
It was just a matter of time before the automotive industry was assigned a dedicated section on Microsoft’s website and that time is now. You can keep up with how Microsoft is working with the automotive OEMs and aftermarket by visiting the Windows Automotive Home Page.
It looks like Microsoft is working on two base automotive product lines, which are:
Microsoft Auto
Microsoft Auto is a powerful, scalable, and flexible software platform and reference hardware design that helps the auto industry deliver rich integrated in-car communication, entertainment, navigation and information systems faster, easier and at a lower cost. You can read more about this product in this document.
Windows Automotive 5.0
Microsoft Windows Automotive 5.0 is an automotive-grade open software platform that provides OEMs, suppliers, and developers with the building blocks they need to quickly and reliably create a broad range of advanced in-vehicle solutions that meet the growing needs of automotive consumers. you can read more about this product in this document.
